ROMANIA AND FINLAND: ANTI-BOLSHEvik INTERVENTION IN THE NEIGHBORing STATEs IN 1919. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

FinlandandRomania, two states that managed to resist the Bolshevik aggression in 1918-1919 and to defend their independence. They have become a kind of shield of the flanks of Europe (Scandinaviaand the Balkans) from Bolshevism. Continuing the struggle against Bolshevism they intervened in neighboring states in 1919:Finlandprovided military assistance toEstonia, andRomanialiquidated theHungarianSovietRepublic. These anti-Bolshevik interventions had certain features. For instance, in Estonian case Finnish troops were landed in the capital of the country,Tallinn, and then advanced to Estonian-Russian border, liberating the country from the Bolsheviks. While the Finnish military contingent did not exceed Estonian national army. The actions ofFinlandhad the nature of military assistance to the legal government ofEstoniato wage war against external aggression. In the case ofHungary, on the contrary, the Bolsheviks had seized power in the capital and the country as whole then began the aggression againstRomania.Romaniawas forced to resist the Bolshevik aggression from two fronts: Hungarian and Russian soviet republics. Having received the mandate of the Entente,RomaniainvadedHungaryto defeat soviet power and to assist Admiral M. Horthy to form National White army. Romanian army had advanced from the border ofHungaryto its capital and occupiedBudapest. The victory over the Hungarian Reds was occurred entirely due to the Romanian troops, because Hungarian White army was too weak in 1919.